§ Baal-berith = "lord of the covenant" a god of the Philistines
STRONG'S WORD STUDY
H1170 — בַּעַל בְּרִית
ba.al be.rit · Baal-berith · Hebrew/Aramaic
2 tagged verse occurrences
Judges 8:33 · בַּ֥עַל · בְּרִ֖יתAnd as soon as Gideon was dead, the Israelites turned and prostituted themselves with the Baals, and they set up Baal-berith as their god.Judges 9:4 · בַ֣עַל · בְּרִ֑יתSo they gave him seventy shekels of silver from the temple of Baal-berith, with which Abimelech hired some worthless and reckless men to follow him.